As you will see, I don't have all the information for all the
places, and am always interested in reports of visits to these places,
so please EMAIL any reports, additions, corrections or updates to me,
Joe Poutre, at joseph dot poutre at verizon dot net.

Note: Even if you don't think you have a maritime museum
nearby, check your phone book and local tourist information sources -
you might be surprised. I have listings for several landlocked U.S.
states, including Iowa and Kentucky.

Disclaimer:

Some information here was confirmed and/or corrected using the
Sea Classics magazine annual Naval and Maritime Museums issue and
OPSail'92, the Official Magazine of Operation Sail.

ALABAMA

Aliceville

Montgomery Snag removal steamer

Mobile

Alabama Memorial Park
Highway 90, off Interstate 10 - Exit 27 or 30
Phone: 203-433-2703
FAX: 203-433-2777
http://www.maf.mobile.al.us/recreation/uss_alabama.htmlAlabama BB 60
Drum AGSS 228
LST-325Other military equipment including a B-52 and an A-12.
NOTE: This museum was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, and may not be open for a while.

City of Mobile Museum
Hunley replica
Models of American Civil War ships

Tuscaloosa

There is a discussion about recovering the Civil War ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa from the Spanish River.

Camp Pendleton

Dana Point

Orange County Marine Institute
24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr.
Phone: 714-496-2274
Pilgrim Brig (replica)
Tours are available of the Pilgrim, a copy of the ship Henry Dana sailed on and described in Two Years Before the Mast; call for information.

Eureka

Humbolt Bay Maritime Museum
1410 Second St.
Phone: 707-444-9440
Mon-Sat 1000-1600
Madaket Passenger ship
Part of the display is dedicated to USS Milwaukee, which wrecked off Eureka in 1916.

Irvine

S.S. Catalina Preservation Association
18242 West McDurmott, Suite J
http://sscatalina.org/Hoping to raise the S.S. Catalina from the bottom of Ensenada
Harbor in Baja California and restore her as close as possible to her
original form.

Long Beach

Pier J
Phone: 310-435-4747
Admission fee
http://www.queenmary.com/Queen Mary Luxury liner and troopship
QM is run as a floating hotel. Tours cover most of the ship. She _may_ be haunted.
http://www.russiansublongbeach.com/Scorpion/U-427 Foxtrot-class submarine
The sub was formerly based in Sydney, Australia, and is maintained by former Soviet Naval personnel.

Oxnard, Channel Islands

Ventura County Maritime Museum
2731 S. Victoria Ave.
Phone: 805-984-6260
Thu-Mon 1100-1700
http://www.vcmm.org/Permanent collection of extensive marine art, featuring works by the Dutch and Flemish painters, 17th century artists Willem van de Velde and Bonaventura Peeters. Noted modern artists in the collection include John Stobart, Montague Dawson, David Thimgan, Roy Cross and Christopher Blossom.
The museum also houses one of the two largest collection of antique Napoleonic prisoner of war sailing ship models in the US.
Three thousand years of maritime history are illustrated by historic ship models, including the life's work of renowned builder Edward Marple.
Exhibits on whaling, sailors' arts, the history of the Channel Islands Harbor and Port of Hueneme round out the collection.

Pacific Grove

Point Pinos Lighthouse
End of Monterey Peninsula
Thr, Sat and Sun: 1300-1600
Phone: 408-648-3116
Built 1855. Described as shaped like a Cape Cod cottage. Two
keepers were women. Run by the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.
One room will display the history of the Coast Guard in WWII.

Treasure Island Museum
410 Palm Avenue
(AC Transit bus "T" from Transbay Terminal, Mission at Second St. Get off just inside gate, first building, plain view)
Phone: 415-395-5067
Daily 1000-1530
Admission free
On an island in the bay, museum of US sea combat in the Pacific.

Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Berth 84 - foot of Sixth Street
Phone: 310-548-7618
Tue-Sun 1000-1700
lamm@netcom.comhttp://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/Admission free, one dollar donation per adult is requested.
Swift of Ipswich Topsail schooner
Angels Gate ST class Tug
Ocean Waif Racing yawl
Ralph J. Scott Fireboat #2
Two Monterey fishing boats (1917 and 1927 vintage)
Largest maritime museum on the west coast of North America. Operated by the Los Angeles City Department of
Recreation and Parks.
Occupies the former Municipal Ferry Building, a 75,000 sq. ft. art
deco structure located on the main channel of the port. Holds one of
the largest collections of ship models in the U.S. Swift is used for youth sail training. Gate is listed on the National Historic Vessel list. Waif
is the original Angleman Seawitch prototype. Centerpiece of John Gibson
Park which includes the National Merchant Marine Memorial, the USS Los Angeles
(CA-135) Mainmast naval memorial and Education Center of the Museum
where American Sail Training Association endorsed youth development
classes are held. Internships are available through university and
college programs worldwide. Scott is part of the John Gibson
Park. Research facilities include a 5,000 volume library and a major
archive of maritime photographs. 16"/50 barrel on display.

Vallejo

Mare Island Historic Park, at the former Naval Shipyard
Phone: 707-557-1538
FAX: 707-552-3226
Tours given of important sites in the area. The museum is in the
planning stages, and will contain the sail and control room of the SSBN
Vallejo and the entire SSN Drum, the last ship built at Mare Island.

Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum
734 Marin St., in the former City Hall
Phone: 707-643-0077

CONNECTICUT

HMS Rose Sail warship
Moved to the west coast, in San Diego, California. Used in filming of "Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World".
http://www.tallshiprose.org/

Stonington

Stratford

Glacier Society
905 Honeyspot Rd.
Phone: 203-375-6638
http://www.glaciersociety.org/Working to preserve the USCGC Glacier. Have a 9 foot model in her combat
configuration when she served in the US Navy, plus other photos and items
related to missions to the Arctic and Antarctic.

The Battle of the Atlantic Memorial is no more, and the cutter Mohawk is now sitting in Staten Island, NY.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Navy Museum
Washington Navy Yard
Buildings 76 and 57
901 M Street, SE
Phone: 202-433-4882
FAX: 202-433-8200
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/nhcorg8.htmBarry DD 933
Trieste I Deep diving sub
PCF 1
British minisub
German minisub
Italian minisub
Historical retrospective. Models, aircraft, paintings.
The Barry is docked, while the Trieste is in the main
building. The PCF is on the lawn with a collection of naval weapons,
including parts from the Maine and a 14" naval railroad gun.
The Annex has been closed, and is being converted to a Cold War museum. The displays within are being sent elsewhere.

United States Marine Corps Museum
Bldg. 58, Navy Yard
Phone: 202-433-3534
Detailed history of the Marines, with a series of glass case filled with memorabilia from different time periods, opposing a wall of quotes, pictures and paintings. Some of the descriptions are hard to read due to the lack of light. Also a gallery of photos and/or paintings on a rotating schedule, and a series of miniature battle scenes.

The Smithsonian Institution
Constitution Ave. at 12th St.
Phone: 202-357-2025
http://www.si.edu/Philadelphia Sail gunboat
Remains of first warship built in what would become the USA, in the Hall of Armed Forces History(?). Operated by Army, as Navy wasn't yet formed. Ship models are on display in the Hall of American Maritime Enterprise, the Technology building and the Air and Space Museum.

FLORIDA

Dedalo, ex-Cabot CVL 28
Scrapped. Some equipment was apparently rescued and distributed to museums around the country.

Stuart

Maritime & Yachting Museum of the Treasure Coast
3250 S.W. Kanner Highway
Park in the Florida Aquarium parking lot
Phone: 772/692-1234
http://www.mymflorida.org/Mon - Sat 1100-1600, Sun 1300-1700
Vintage Rose 21 foot 1934 Chris Craft triple-cockpit motorboat
Follie, Annie and Thompson's Bird trio of Bahamas dinghies
VeeGee 1934 Wheeler 39' yacht
Moonraker scaled-down replica of the ship's gig Captain Bligh was set adrift in
Care Taker 1950 Century Seamaid with original flathead 6 Gray Marine Race Engine
Big Blue 1951 Lyman runabout
The Evinrude Collection of motors
Missions: preserve significant and irreplaceable boats and
artifacts that provide a tangible link to the past, maintain a
permanent record of maritime and yachting history that has helped shape
the Treasure Coast and Florida, and provide maritime and yachting
educational programs that are based on knowledge of the past, and will
stimulate imagination for the future.

Tampa

The American Victory Mariners Memorial & Museum Ship
York St., on the waterfront.
Park in the Florida Aquarium parking lot
http://www.americanvictory.org/American Victory Victory ship
Intended that she be restored to operating status.
Includes the assets of the former U.S. Merchant Marine Museum in Anderson, Indiana.

GEORGIA

Athens

Columbus

Civil War Naval Museum/Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center
Phone: 706-327-9798
http://www.columbusga.com/ccvb/ccvb-cnm.htmlTue-Fri 1000-1700, Sat-Sun 1300-1700
Houses remains of Civil War ironclads CSS Jackson and CSS Chattahoochee,
fished out of southern rivers during 1960's Centennial. Both are little
more than part of a burned hull surrounded by iron armor sections,
cannon, and other metal items recovered from the rivers. Additional
displays of uniforms,equipments, and models.

Savannah

Ships of the Sea Museum
William Scarbrough house
41 MLK Blvd
Phone: 912-232-1511
Tue-Sun 10-5, with the Gardens open 7 days a week
Entrance fee for the museum, the gardens are free to the public
More than 150 ship models.

Savannah Maritime Museum

St. Simon's Island

Museum of Coastal History
610 Beachview Dr.
Phone: 912-638-4666

GUAM

Gaan Point blockhouse
Japanese WWII 200 mm short gun

Naval Station
Japanese Type-A midget submarine
Captured on Guam at the end of WW2

Jeffersonville

IOWA

Clinton

Dubuque

National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium
2nd St., Ice Harbor
William M. Black Sidewheeler dredge
http://www.rivermuseum.com
Upper Mississippi navigational history including a collection of vessels

KANSAS

Olathe

KENTUCKY

Louisville

4th St. and River Rd.
Phone: 866-832-0011 or 502-574-2992
http://www.belleoflouisville.org
Belle of Louisville Steamboat
Built in 1914, now National Historic Landmark. Makes day trips. Carries museum about steamboats.

Naval Civil War Museum of the Western Theater
USS Louisville Replica ironclad (building

Warsaw

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge

Louisiana Naval War Museum
305 S. River Rd.
Phone: 225-342-1942
http://www.usskidd.com/Daily 0900-1700, closed Christmas
Kidd DD 661
Kidd is a Fletcher class DD, the only one still in WWII
form. Includes displays of the defunct Louisiana Maritime Museum. Also
a P-40 fighter, as part of a display on the Flying Tigers.

Deer Park

Mamie S. Barrett Steam towboat
Left derelict

Madisonville

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum
Phone: 985-845-9200

New Orleans

Pioneer Confederate submersible

The National WW II Museum
945 Magazine St.
http://www.nationalww2museum.org

Kittery

Phillipsburg

"Maine's first ship - 1607"
Building a reconstuction of Popham Colony's pinnace Virginia.

Portland

Portland Observatory
http://www.portlandlandmarks.org/observatory/
The Observatory, a 65 foot shingle wooden tower, was built in 1807
and served as a marine signal station until 1924. The tower was
equipped with a powerful telescope to identify incoming ships and a
signal flag system to announce their arrival to subscribing ship owners
at their wharf side offices. In the last century such towers were
common throughout the world. Reputed to be the last such observatory on
the east coast.

Searsport

Penobscot Marine Museum
5 Church St.
Phone: 207-548-2529
Memorial Day to October 15
Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700
http://penobscotmarinemuseum.orgAdmission fee
Fishing and seafaring history. Paintings and small boats on display. Museum consists of 8 buildings.

South Portland

Portland Harbor Museum
Southern Maine Technical College
Fort Rd.
Phone: 207-799-6337
http://www.portlandharbormuseum.org/Thurs-Sun 1300-1600
Small admission fee, free for kids under 12
Museum of the port of Portland. Includes part of the bow of clipper ship Snow Squall, built in Portland.

Thomaston

MARYLAND

Annapolis

U. S. Naval Academy
Preble Hall
Phone: 410-263-6933
Bookstore: 410-298-6110
Mon-Sat: 0900-1700, Sun: 1100-1700
Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's
Photo ID is required for admission to the Naval Academy grounds
http://www.nadn.navy.mil/MuseumX-1 Experimental mini-sub
The Academy is National Historic Shrine, containing multitude of monuments and relics, including foremast of BB USS Maine and crypt of John Paul Jones.
Museum run by the U.S. Naval Institute. Contains a brand new model ship gallery which contains some of the most spectacular items from the Naval Academy's impressive model ship collection.

Annapolis Maritime Museum
133 Bay Shore Drive
Phone: 410-268-2689
http://www.annapolismaritimemuseum.org/Saturdays 1100-1600
No admission charge
The museum has the definitive collection of the maritime history of the Annapolis area including the sailing and yachting history of the Chesapeake Bay. For information contact Mike Miron spacreek@aol.com

Baltimore

Baltimore Harbor
Pier 1
Constellation Dock
Phone: 410-539-1797 or -1798
http://www.constellation.org/Constellation Sloop of war (ex-IX 21)
Constellation is last wooden warship built in US. The US Navy used funds appropriated for repair of vessels to completely rebuild/replace frigate Constellation of War of 1812 fame.
Constellation is being rebuilt and has returned to her dock.

Baltimore Museum of Industry
1415 Key Highway
http://www.thebmi.org/Pride of Baltimore II Sailing ship
Baltimore Tug
Aubrey L. Higgins Lighthouse tender
Pride is an interpretation of a "Baltimore Clipper". The first was lost at
sea some years ago; there is a monument nearby, with one of her masts.

Cambridge

Richardson Maritime Museum
401 High Street
Phone: 410-221-1871
http://www.richardsonmuseum.org
Unique collection of Chesapeake Bay workboat models--many models
built by the owners of the boats themselves. Tools and memorabilia of
working watermen and of Jim Richardson, the Museum's namesake. Active
and growing boatworks facility where classic Chesapeake Bay boats are
restored or reconstructed. Modeler's Guild that teaches construction of
radio-controlled model skipjacks (an oystering boat unique to the Bay.)
Oral Histories Project to capture and document stories of local
boatbuilders, an area tradition that goes back to clipper ship designs
that influenced boatbuilding throughout the world.

Chesapeake City

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Museum
Second St. and Bethel Rd.
Phone: 301-885-5621
http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Chesapeake-Delaware-Canal/Canal-History/

Harve de Grace

Historic St. Mary's City

Rosecroft Rd.
Phone: 301-862-0990
http://www.hsmcdigshistory.org
Maryland Dove Sailing ship
The Dove is an interpretation of one of the ships that brought early settlers to Maryland.

St. Michaels

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Mill St., Navy Point
Phone: 401-745-2916
http://www.cbmm.org/Victory Chimes Ram type schooner
More than 80 vessels and small boats.
Exhibits trace the history of the Bay including boatbuilding, fishing, yachting, waterfowling, and navigation. Features include a
19th-century screwpile-type lighthouse, restored log-bottom bugeye,
skipjacks, a racing log canoe, collection of Bay boats, decoy and
waterfowling, propulsion.
The Victory Chimes will offer public cruises in the fall and spring.

Salisbury

Ward Museum
http://www.wardmuseum.org/
History of waterfowling, primarily in Chesapeake Bay area, and local maritime culture.

Solomons

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
http://www.nps.gov/ncro/choh/Canal runs from Rock Creek in Georgetown, DC to Cumberland, Md.
There are visitor's centers in Georgetown and Great Falls Tavern, Hancock, and Cumberland, MD.

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston

Boston National Historical Park
Phone: 617-242-5670 (Constitution)
Phone: 617-242-5644 (Cassin Young)
Phone: 617-426-1812 (Museum)
Open daily 0900-1700, Constitution 0930-1530
http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/http://www.nps.gov/bost/home.htmConstitution Sail frigate
Cassin Young DD 793
Constitution is oldest ship on US Navy lists, and is the oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat in the world. Crewed by Navy personnel wearing period uniforms. She is newly rebuilt, and was sailed in July 1997 and August 2012.

Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
Congress Street Bridge
Phone: 617-388-1773
Beaver II Replica brigantine
http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/All about the Boston Tea Party. Beaver II is a replica of one of the ships involved.

Buzzard's Bay

New York Central railroad tug
Landed

Cambridge

Hart Nautical Gallery
Bldg. 5, 1st floor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
http://web.mit.edu/museum/www/collections/hart.htmlGallery has three parts: collection of ship models from ancient to
modern, hull half-sections of various boats/ships/subs and sail craft,
and modern displays changed about every year. No fee. Look for full
size anchors on loan from US Navy.

Nantucket II WLV 613
Last lightship built in the US, and served on the last lightship
station. Moored in drydock #2 at the shipyard, a few hundred yards from
USS Constitution (just outside the National Park). She is capable of getting underway under her own power.

Cohasset

Cohasset Historical Society's Maritime Museum
Elm Street
Phone: 781-383-1434 (Society phone)
http://www.cohassethistoricalsociety.org
June-Sept only, 1330-1630 Tue-Sun
Housed in Bates Ship Chandlery, from the 18th century.
Specializes in the maritime history of the Town of Cohasset. Artifacts from the "age of sail" and includes exhibits relating to 19th century shipbuilding, fishing, navigation, shipwrecks and lifesaving, ship carvings and the story of Minot's Ledge Lighthouse. Also featured are general collections of historical artifacts from Cohasset.

Fall River

Battleship Cove
Phone: 508-678-1100
http://www.battleshipcove.org/Massachusetts BB 59
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. DD 850
Lionfish SS 298
Hiddensee Corvette
PT 796
PT 617
LCM
Self-guided tour of all ships except Hiddensee, which is guided and scheduled. There is also a small section of the bow of the cruiser Fall River. Hiddensee is a former East German Tarantul class corvette, and was donated by the US Navy. She was formerly known as Rudolf Edelhofer. There are new submarine and PT boat exhibits aboard the Massachusetts, and several pallets of 16" shells have been added in one of the magazines.
Massachusetts recently received a desperately needed overhaul.

Marine Museum of Fall River
70 Water St.
Phone: 508-674-3533
http://marinemuseumfr.org/History of Fall River Line, steam power. >100 models, including a 28' Titanic.

Maritime Gloucester
http://maritimegloucester.org
Several important vessels, including one of the last WWII chase boats.

Hull

Hull Lifesaving Museum
6 Circuit Ave.
Phone: 617-925-5433
http://www.lifesavingmuseum.org/The lifeboat Nantasket used by famous lifesaver Joshua James is on display here, along with several other lifeboats in various states of decay. A variety of Lifesaving Service/USCG beach apparatus here, including a breeches-buoy rig that is often set up as a demonstation and several beach carts.

Nantucket

Nantucket Life Saving Museum
Polpis Road
Phone: 617-228-2413
http://www.nantucketlifesaving.org/0930-1600 June 15-Columbus Day, other times by special arrangement
Admission fee, group discount
Various lifesaving equipment on display

Newburyport

Custom House Maritime Museum
25 Water Street
Just
past Market Square
Phone: 978-462-8681
http://www.customhousemaritimemuseum.orgMuseum in city that was a major ship exporter in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Collection includes objects brought back from the Orient and the South Seas
Activities: Lectures; gallery talks; concerts; formally organized education programs for children; school loan service; temporary, loan and traveling exhibitions.

Plymouth

Plimoth Plantation
http://www.plimoth.orgRecreation of Mayflower in recreated Pilgrim settlement and Wampanoag Indian village.

Quincy

Nantucket Lightship Museum
Nantucket I WLV 612
http://www.nantucketlightship.com
The lightship is located at the Marina Bay development on the site
of NAS Squantum, the birthplace of Naval Reserve Aviation. She is fully
operational and is registered as a privately maintained aid to
navigation.

U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Museum
739 Washington Street, by the Fore River bridge
Phone: 617-479-7900
FAX: 617-479-8792
Summer:1000-1600 daily
Admission fee. Groups should phone ahead.
http://www.uss-salem.org/Daily 1000-1600
Admission charge. Groups of ten or more are asked to call ahead to schedule.
Guided and self-guided tours available. (Guided tours subject to tour guide availability.)
Salem CA 139
U-5075 German "Seehund" minisub
At former Fore River shipyard. Guided and self-guided tours available, subject to tour guide availability. Ship is being maintained as she would have been in service.
USNSM also contains a "Military Archives and Ordnance Collection" with a vast collection of military records, documents, artifacts, etc. ranging from the Revolution to the present.

Salem

Salem Maritime National Historic Site
174 Derby St.
Phone: 978-740-1650
https://www.nps.gov/sama/index.htm
Friendship is a replica of a 1797 East Indiaman, a three-masted
350-ton ship that sailed on trading voyages all over the world before
being captured by the British in 1812. Guided tours are available.

Schooner Fame
Pickering Wharf
Phone: 978-729-7600
http://www.SchoonerFame.com/This 30-ton schooner sails three times daily from Memorial Day
through Halloween, taking the paying public on cruises upon historic
Salem Sound. Replica of the 1812 privateer FAME

Scituate

The Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum
Phone: 781-545-1083
http://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/maritime/
Museum built by the local Historical Society on the history of local marine industry and shipwrecks

Sharon

Kendall Institute at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Merged with New Bedford WM - see above.

MICHIGAN

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve
http://thunderbay.noaa.gov
Maritime heritage "discovery center" featuring over 8,000
square-feet of exhibits on the Great Lakes, shipwrecks, archaeology and
maritime history. Auditorium for showing films and live video feeds
from Thunder Bay shipwrecks, an archaeological conservation laboratory,
and an education resource room.
Located in Lake Huron, preserve was established in 2000 to protect
an estimated 200 historically significant shipwrecks ranging from
nineteenth century wooden side-wheelers to twentieth century
steel-hulled steamers.

Valley Camp
Johnson and Water Streets, just east of Soo Locks
Phone: 888-744-7867 or 906-632-3658
http://www.saulthistoricsites.com
Valley Camp Lake ore freighter
Contains a museum of Great Lakes shipping. In dry dock.

River of History Museum
531 Ashmun Stree
888-744-7867
http://riverofhistory.org

Two Harbors

Winona

MISSISSIPPI

Biloxi

Biloxi Seafood Industry Museum
115 First St.
Phone: 601-435-6320

Vicksburg

Vicksburg National Military Park
3201 Clay St.
Phone: 601-636-2199
FAX: 601-638-7829
Cairo Ironclad riverboat
Union boat that sank in the Mississippi. She was propelled by a split stern wheel arrangement.

The Gray and Blue Naval Museum
1102 Washington St.
Phone: 601-638-6500
FAX: 601-638-8746
Mon - Sat 0900-1700
EMAIL:grayblue@bellsouth.net
Admission fee
Displays include: 86 models of Civil War gunboats, 250 square foot
diorama of the Siege of Vicksburg, "Life on the River" including models
of riverboats, and a display called "The Mississippians" of 55 vessels
with names related to the Mississippi.

Highlands

Twin Lights Historic Site
Lighthouse Road
History of twin lights of Navesink, and navigation.

Sandy Hook
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/maritime/sandyhk.htmlSeries of naval defense batteries were built on the site, including
12 inch mortars, one of which is on display. Sandy Hook was also
national proving grounds until 1907, when they were moved to Aberdeen.
Two missiles are stuck in the ground.

Lakehurst

NAWC Lakehurst, Visitor's Center
History of USN Lighter-Than-Air.

Lower Township

Middletown, Jersey City, Camden

Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society
http://www.bb62museum.org/The Society has a prescence aboard the Battleship New Jersey Museum in Camden. There is also a small display in the Central New Jersey
Railroad Terminal in Liberty State Park in Jersey City.

Monmouth

Monmouth Beach Life Saving Station

Morristown

Canal Society of New Jersey Museum
Waterloo Village
Phone: 201-235-8454
Building in the Village Museum dedicated to three major canals in New Jersey, including the Morris Canal.
Waterloo Village is currently closed.

Tuckerton

NEW YORK

Albany

Slater DE 766
Quay Street, just north of Dunn Memorial Bridge, Rts. 9 and 20.
http://www.ussslater.orgApr - Nov, Wed - Sun, 1000 to 1600. Also open on significant holidays.
Admission fee
Served Greece as AEtos.

Ammagansett

East Hampton Town Marine Museum
Bluff Road
Phone: 516-267-6544
About the nautical history of the South Fork of Long Island.

Blue Mountain Lake

Adirondack Museum
Phone: 518-352-7311
Collection of >200 small boats

Buffalo

Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Museum
1 Naval Park Cove, foot of Pearl St.
Phone: 716-847-177
http://www.buffalonavalpark.org/Little Rock CLG 4
The Sullivans DD 537
Croaker SS 246
PTF 17
Museum has collection of models of many ships, mostly Great Lakes vessels, including large before and after models of the Wolverine, one of two side-wheelers converted into flight training aircraft carriers during WWII (other was Sable.) Several static displays on the grounds of various military equipment.

Highland Falls

Phone: 914-446-7171
Commander Merchant vessel
Served with the US Navy during WWI. Tours, parties and a floating
classroom. Only WWI ship still in original configuration and
operational.

Greenport, Long Island

East End Seaport Maritime Museum
Foot of 3rd St., One Bootleg Alley
Phone: 516-477-2100 or -0004
May-Dec Fri-Sun 1300-1700
Summer Wed-Sun 1100-1700
Admission fee
http://www.greenport.com/maritime/welcome.htmThe "Whisper Fleet", made up of private sailing yachts, was
organized here to be lookouts for U-boats near Long Island, New York.

King's Point, Long Island (near NYC)

American Merchant Marine Museum
US Merchant Marine Academy
Phone: 516-773-5515
http://www.usmma.edu/museum/Tue-Fri 1000-1530, Sat-Sun 1300-1630. Closed Federal holidays and July
Small museum on history since WWI.

Lake George Village

Phone: 518-668-5777
Minne-ha-ha Paddlewheeler
Not a museum per say, the Minne-ha-ha is a steam-powered
paddlewheel excursion vessel that sails on Lake George. The engine room
is enclosed in glass and the ship sports a steam calliope.

New York City, The Bronx, Fort Schuyler

Maritime Industry Museum
SUNY Maritime College
Phone: 212-409-7218
http://www.sunymaritime.edu/Mon-Sat 0900-1700, Sun 1300-1600, closed holidays
Empire State V Training ship
General Philip Schuyler Training tug
Evolution of seafaring and a history of the Merchant Marine. Both
vessels sail during the summer. Large scale model of Brooklyn Navy Yard
at the end of WWII.

New York City, Manhattan

American Museum of Immigration
Ellis Island
Ferry from Battery Park or Liberty State Park in Jersey City
Lots of material - posters, postcards, photos, models - on various
ships which carried immigrants to the US. Most of the island is now in
New Jersey, but the museum part is in NY.

New York City, Staten Island

New York City, Queens, Hyde Park

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library
Major collection of ship models and paintings that belonged to FDR
plus his personal book collection, as well as papers from when he was
Secretary of the Navy.

Oswego

H. Lee White Marine Museum
Foot of W. First St. Pier
Phone: 315-342-0480
LT-5 Army tug
Derrick barge
It has some interesting exhibits, especially on the War of 1812. The tug was previously know as the Major Elisha K. Henson, then the John F. Nash. They are currently fundraising to drydock her for repairs.

Poughkeepsie

12 Market St.
http://www.clearwater.org/Clearwater River sloop
This is the ship's dock, but she is usually sailing the Hudson River.

Jacksonville

Kingston

Manteo

Elizabeth II State Historic Site
Replica of smallest of three ships that brought settlers to North Carolina in 1585.

Rodanthe, Hatteras Island

Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station
Phone: 252-987-1552
Mon-Fri 1000-1700
http://www.chicamacomico.netBeebe-Mcclellan type surfboat No. 1046
The boat was used in the 16 August 1918 rescue of the British tanker SS Mirlo.

Southport

Southport Maritime Museum
http://www.webcom.com/~rudd/things/museum.htmlCovers the maritime history of the area. The museum is small,
located in a storefront in Southport. A fee of several dollars is
charged for admission. The museum is about a 40 minute drive south from
the BB North Carolina exhibit in Wilmington.

N. Marginal Road
Phone: 216-566-8770
http://www.usscod.org/Cod SS 224
May-Sep 1000-1700
Admission charge.
Completely authentic example of a WW II fleet sub. Everything on
the sub is genuine WW II issue and there have been no modifications
done. Because of this, there are no stairs so access is by ladder. A
Navy cameraman who shot COLOR film of the Cod's last patrol, July-August, 1945, donated the film and his camera to the museum.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
1945 SE Water Ave., corner of SE Clay St.
Phone: 503-797-4600 or 800-955-6674
http://www.omsi.edu/explore/sub/Daily 0930-?, closed Christmas
Blueback SS 581
Last diesel boat produced for the US Navy, once set a record for
crossing the Pacific Ocean underwater and was featured in the 1990 film
"The Hunt for Red October." The ship is being restored to near-working
condition by the Submarine Veterans Blueback Base, who are also adding
multimedia presentations (sound tapes and light shows). Children (and
adults) are allowed to touch much of the equipment.

PENNSYLVANIA

Easton

Erie

Erie Maritime Museum
Bayview Commons
150 E. Front St.
Phone: 814-452-2477
http://www.brigniagara.org/Niagara Sail barque
Perry's flagship on Great Lakes during War of 1812 - sort of.
Rebuilt from the keel up, with a small section of the original keel the
only remaining piece of the original.
Prow of steamship USS Michigan, later Wolverine, broken up in 1949.

Philadelphia

Independence Seaport Museum
Penn's Landing
211 S. Columbus Ave., between South and Vine
Phone: 215-925-5439
Call for hours - different hours for different areas of the museum
http://www.libertynet.org/seaport/onboard.htmlAdmission charge
Olympia CL 15, ex-Cruiser 6
Becuna SS 319
Olympia was Dewey's flagship at Battle of Manila Bay in Spanish American War, and is the last ship left from the "new Navy" of the 1890s. Note that 8 in. turrets are fabrications, as originals were replaced with open 5" mounts during WWI. She needs a major restoration.

RHODE ISLAND

Bristol

Newport

Museum of Yachting
Fort Adams State Park
Phone: 401-847-1018
Shamrock V J boat
History of yachting, America's Cup and solo sailing. She takes on passengers during the summer, though it is very expensive.

Naval War College Museum
Coasters Harbor Island
Enter through Gate Number 1
Phone: 401-841-4052
Mon-Fri 1000-1600, Jun-Sep weekends also 1200-1600
http://www.ids.net/~nwcird/museum.htmEvolution and technology of sea warfare, including a history of the development of the torpedo in the US.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Sioux Falls

Battleship South Dakota Memorial
12th and Kiwanis Streets
Phone: 605-339-7060
Open all year
No admission fee
Displays items from and about the ship, including parts of her,
models of the ship and engines, objects from the Battle of Savo Island.
Very large scale Kingfisher model (4' wingspan).
A 16" gun barrel will shortly become part of the exhibits.

TENNESEE

Germantown

USS Tennessee Battleship Remembrance Museum
400 Scott High Drive, by Scott County High School
Phone: 423-566-461
No admission fee
Dedicated to the battleship and her crew. Includes memorabilia from the ship,
including her bell.

Memphis

Mud Island
Btw. Wolf and Mississippi rivers
Go by monorail
http://www.mudisland.com/The River Walk: 30" to 1 mile scale model of Mississippi R. from Cairo, Ill. to the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River Museum: Rooms about: development of the river, pre-Columbian,
Spanish and French periods, the commercial periods before and after the
Civil War, the Civil War, the great floods, life along the river (the
musical history of the river has a room) and the modern era.
Each period has a room with boatmodels, all to the same scale,
ranging from flatbed canoes to modern towboats, with Spanish galleys,
stern and side wheelers, and at least one example of most if not all of
the Civil War belligerents gunboats and rams. Full scale model of the
fore half of a Union Navy Cairo class gunboat, built based on the lines
of the recovered vessel in Vicksburg. Full scale mock up of the fore
half of a sternwheeler at the height of the steamboat era. Small
aquarium.

TEXAS

Corpus Christi

Lexington on the Bay Museum
2914 N. Shoreline Blvd., Surfside exit of US 181
Phone: 512-888-4873 or 800-523-9539
FAX: 512-883-8361
http://www.usslexington.com/Daily 0900-1700 except Christmas
Admission fee
Lexington CV/CVA/AVT 16
Displays include: WWII actions, aviation training.
Helo flights off the flight deck for an aerial tour of the Corpus Christi Bay area.
Also replicas of Columbus' ships - 2 at the museum in dry dock,
Santa Maria and Pinta under repair (damaged about 2 years ago by a
drifting barge), can be toured by museum visitors. Nina is moored at
the Marina and sails regularly. Ships purchased from Spain. $8 entry
fee to tour ships.
The Columbian ships are in trouble, and need work. They may be moved to Houston.

Fort Worth

Pate Museum of Transportation
MSB 5

Fredricksburg

Chester Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War
Phone: 210-997-4379
HA-19 Japanese mini-sub
Ship sections, including the fire control area of a cruiser and the tower of USS Pintado,
SS 387. Display on famed Japanese battleship "Mikasa" from
Russo-Japanese war: while touring Japan after the war, Nimitz found the
ship in terrible condition, and had it set in concrete and made
suitable for display. The museum is housed in the restored Nimitz
Steamboat Hotel, built 1852.

Houston Maritime Museum

2204 Dorrington
Houston's Medical Center
http://www.HoustonMaritimeMuseum.org/Phone: 713-666-1910
Tue-Sat 1000-1600
Ask that visitors get here by 3:15pm, as tour takes about 45
minutes to an hour. Open to tour groups (including Sun and Mon) by
appointment.
Also are home to meetings of the Gulf Coast Historical Ship Model Society.

La Porte, Houston

San Jacinto Battleground Historical Complex
3527 Battleground Rd., off Texas Hwy 134
Phone: 281-479-2431
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/battlesh/battlesh.htmhttp://usstexasbb35.com/Daily 1000-1700, closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Day
Admission fee for adults, students, school groups; under 6 free
Texas BB 35
Self-guided tours. Recently restored. She still has her
triple-expansion steam engines, and is both a National Historical
Landmark and a National Civil Engineering Landmark. She is the only
remaining battleship, and possibly the only remaining warship, to have
served in both world wars.

Orange

Southeast Texas War Memorial
Orleck DD
Gearing class, served in WWII and later in Turkish Navy.

Rio Hondo

Texas Air Museum
Island of the LPH USS Iwo Jima

Seabrook

VERMONT

Shelburne

Shelburne Museum
Route 7
Phone: 802-985-3346 or 800-639-3840
Late May to late October: daily 1000-1700
Limited Winter schedule
Ticonderoga Passenger sidewheel steamer
Colchester Reef lighthouse. Boat is "dry-docked" on the lawn miles from any water it could float upon.

Vergennes

VIRGINIA

Dahlgren

Naval Surface Warfare Center

Newport News

The Mariners' Museum
100 Museum Drive
Corner Warwick and J. Clyde Morris, exit 258-A off I-64
Phone: 1-800-581-SAIL (7245) or 757-596-2222
Daily 10-5, except Dec. 25 and Thanksgiving day
http://www.TheNMC.org/http://www.monitorcenter.org/Artifacts from US Civil War ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia,
ex-USS Merrimac, including a full-scale replica of Monitor with parts
from the original emplaced, and a replica of the bow of the Virginia,
ex-Merrimac.
Shipmodels, scrimshaw, figureheads, working models of classic steam engines, small craft from around the world.
Research library contains over 75,000 volumes and 350,000 photos,
considered one of the finest in the world. It's open Mon-Sat 0900-1700

Norfolk

Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Nauticus, The National Maritime Center
One Waterside Drive, on the Elizabeth River
Phone: 757-664-1000
http://www.nauticus.org/Wisconsin BB 64
Displays on over two centuries of naval activity in and around the
harbor of Hampton Roads. Tour begins with Battle off the Virginia Capes
in 1781. Ship models, artwork and retrieved underwater naval artifacts.
Wisconsin is only open on the main deck. Admission is free, and
the ship can be reached without passing through the rest of the museum.

Note: On most weekends, one or two Navy ships at Norfolk offer
tours for visitors. For information call the Naval Base Tour and
Information Office at 804-444-8971.

Richmond

Quantico

Virginia Beach

The Old Coast Guard Station and The Life-Saving Museum
24th St. and Atlantic Ave.
Phone: 757-422-1587
FAX: 757-491-8609
Tue-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700
Admission fee. Group rates available
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve and Day
Only existing life-saving station in Virginia. History of the Life-Saving service and Coast Guard.

Yorktown

Watermen's Museum
309 Water Street
Phone: 757-887-2641
FAX: 757-888-2089
http://www.watermens.org/Interprets the story of the watermen of the lower Chesapeake Bay.
Models and full sized examples of the unique style boats used both
currently and historically, methods and tools used.

WASHINGTON

Aberdeen

Gray's Harbor Historical Seaport
813 E. Heron St.
Phone: 206-532-8611
Lady Washington Brig
Lady is replica of first American ship to explore the Pacific Northwest. Working shipyard is part of museum.

Anacortes

R Avenue, foot of 7th Street
Open daily
W.T. Preston Stern-wheel dredge/snagboat
Former US Army Corps of Engineers boat. Landed.

Bremerton

300 Washington Beach Ave., moving to 508 Pacific Ave.
Phone: 360-479-7447
One block from Navy yard. Has photographs of shipyard over the
years, large model of an aircraft carrier with frames and plate of
clear plastic. and what may be the oldest existing cannon - a wooden
device from Korea.

Jefferson County Historical Society
Museum and Research Library
540 Water Street
http://www.jchsmuseum.org/Mon-Sat 1100-1600, Sun 1300-1600
Museum and Library are closed to the public weekdays in January and February.
Admission fee, free for members
Located in Port Townsend's original City Hall building.

Seattle

Coast Guard Museum/Northwest
Pier 46
1519 Alaska Way S.
Collection of ship and boat models and uniforms of the U.S. Coast
Guard. Two high-endurance cutters and two icebreakers dock there, and
are part of the tour.

Milwaukee

Milwaukee Maritime Center
(offshoot of Milwaukee Lake Schooner, Ltd.)
500 North Harbor Drive
Phone: 414-276-5664
Islay Great lakes tug
Oldest tug on the lakes. In the process of building a 99 ft long replica of an 1800's 3-masted lake schooner.

Superior

Phone: 715-392-5742
Meteor Whaleback freighter
The last whaleback ship in existence. Sailed the Great Lakes for many years.

Sturgeon Bay

Door County Maritime Museum
120 N. Madison Ave.
Phone: 920-743-5958
http://dcmm.org/museum.html/Daily: Memorial Day to Labor Day 0900-1800, 1000-1700 elsewhen
Artwork, history, models. A large display is dedicated to the raising of the ship George E. Humphrey.